THE MAGICIAN Sells to 4 Foreign Territories

Period Drama Casts Spell during AFM Lotte Entertainment has reported a clutch of sales for its upcoming period drama The Magician during the recent American Film Market that took place in Santa Monica, CA. Directed by KIM Dai-seung, the film was picked up by ...

New York Gorges on Korean Films

17 Features and Shorts in NYAFF Lineup Summer is here and Korean film looks to be top of the menu for Asian cinema fans in the America’s top metropolis. The popular New York Asian Film Festival is preparing to put on quite a show this year by screening 63 fi...

RYU Seung-ryong Wins Grand Prize at Baeksang Arts Awards

MASQUERADE Picks Up Best Film and Best Director Prizes RYU Seung-ryong of Masquerade and Miracle in Cell No. 7 won the Grand Prize at the Baeksang Arts Awards. On May 9th, RYU took home the Grand Prize in the film category at the Baeksang Arts Awards held at...

All of PiFan's Youth Academy Films Invited to Overseas Festival

Films to go to Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Films from the 2nd PiFan Youth Film Academy have been invited to Japan’s Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival to be held from February 21 to 25. Officials from the Pucheon International Fant...

<The Concubine> sold to eight Asian countries

Production company Hwang Ki Sung Films reports that KIM Dae-seung’s recent hit <The Concubine> has been sold to eight foreign territories for distribution: Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and Brunei. Shown at May’s Cannes Film...

First half of 2012 sees record 83 million admissions in Korea

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) recently released official box office statistics for the first half of 2012, revealing that its 82.7 million admissions set a record for biannual ticket sales. This is a whopping 21% increase from 2011’s first half numbers. The...